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CVE-2017-16545

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1420%

EPSS Percentile37.74th

PublishedNov 5, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability Description

The ReadWPGImage function in coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 does not properly validate colormapped images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ImportIndexQuantumType invalid write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed WPG image.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Graphicsmagick

Graphicsmagick

= 1.3.26

References & Advisories

🔗 http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0

🔗 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html

🔗 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/

🔗 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/

🔗 https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/519/

🔗 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4248-1/

🔗 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321

🔗 http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e8086faa52d0

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